STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl developer GSC Recreation World has issued a significant patch for the shooter, concentrating on some 1,700 fixes and enhancements together with to the A-Life 2.0 system.

Patch 1.2 is, as described by GSC Recreation World in a submit on Steam, “an enormous one,” and impacts all elements of the sport, corresponding to steadiness, areas, quests, blockers, crashes, efficiency, and the aforementioned A-Life 2.0.

STALKER 2 launched in November to a optimistic reception on Steam and 1 million gross sales. It’s successful for the Ukrainian studio, a miracle, actually, contemplating the harrowing circumstances that adopted Russian’s full-scale invasion of the nation in 2022. However Stalker 2 suffers from well-documented bugs and points; chief amongst them A-Life 2.0.

A-Life was a key characteristic of the primary STALKER recreation that ruled AI habits throughout the sport world. At a excessive degree, it’s a system for simulating life within the Zone that works its magic seemingly independently of the participant’s actions or whereabouts. It helps to create convincing AI and the emergent gameplay STALKER is known for.

GSC had stated A-Life 2.0 would make the Zone really feel alive as by no means earlier than, that it will gas emergent gameplay on a scale beforehand thought inconceivable. Certainly for some followers, A-Life 2.0 was STALKER 2’s largest promoting level. However when STALKER 2 really got here out gamers found that A-Life 2.0 didn’t work correctly, with some questioning whether or not it was even within the recreation in any respect.

In an interview with IGN, GSC defined what went unsuitable with STALKER 2’s A-Life 2.0, and vowed to repair the system. Patch 1.1, launched in December, was step one on that street. Patch 1.2, out now, is the subsequent step. Patch notes are under.

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl replace 1.2 patch notes:

AI

• Fastened a bug with A-Life NPCs unable to correctly method corpses. Now they’ll decide up the perfect loot and weapons from them, and swap to extra highly effective weapons.
• Improved corpse looting habits for NPCs.
• Fastened a problem the place NPCs may loot physique armor and helmets from corpses.
• Fastened a problem the place NPCs couldn’t loot the corpses of NPCs from one other faction.
• Fastened NPC taking pictures accuracy
• Reconfigured bullet dispersion accuracy for all distances for all weapons.
• Added randomization of correct pictures in bullet sprays.
• Decreased wall penetration from sure NPC’s weapon bullets.
• Improved Stealth
• Fastened a problem the place after a melee assault, the NPC may find yourself behind the participant.
• Adjusted the time of identification of the participant character by NPCs.
• Fastened a problem the place NPCs at Malachite location may discover gamers at a protracted distance and via the objects.
• Improved mutant habits in fight
• Fastened a problem the place AI would not keep away from obstacles and get caught throughout scripted fight.
• Fastened a problem the place leaping mutants may caught within the air in sure situations.
• Fastened that Controller capability doesn’t work via grate doorways.
• Fastened that mutants weren’t in a position to assault in sure positions.
• Fastened a problem the place Chimera may soar via objects.
• Fastened challenge the place Chimera didn’t use soar assault.
• Fastened a problem the place Deer summons may spawn within the participant’s discipline of view.
• Fastened a problem the place Poltergeist may activate an anomaly and obtain injury from it.
• Fastened a problem the place mutants with capability to leap had been operating across the Participant on elevated, unreachable floor.
• Fastened a problem the place Pseudodog could not create summons when retreating.
• Added roar capability for Controller.
• Fastened a problem the place A-life NPCs didn’t heal pleasant wounded NPCs.
• Fastened a problem the place A-life may spawn corpses close to the participant.
• Fastened a problem that would trigger A-Life NPCs to have entry to quest areas.
• Fastened the absence of some characters that would result in a blocker throughout walkthrough of the primary line.
• Fastened a problem the place A-Life militaries may spawn endlessly close to Rookie Village.
• Fastened the difficulty with a caught guard NPC within the doorway on the Skadovsk location.
• Fastened challenge the place extra rats spawned within the lair than there ought to have been.
• Fastened a problem the place NPC might caught after loading saves made proper after Emission ends.
• Fastened a problem the place weapons grabbed by the Burer capability would disappear.
• Fastened a problem with NPC animations when strolling upstairs with a gun in hand.
• Improved animations for some mutants.
• Fastened that participant takes injury close to the NPC that’s going via zombification.
• Fastened a problem the place NPC could also be caught within the doorway after emission and block participant.
• Fastened a problem the place taking pictures at mutant limbs may stretch them.
• Fastened use of NPC rifle stand place when standing with a pistol.
• Fastened a problem the place NPCs may spawn in entrance of the participant on the Sphere location.
• Fastened NPC’s repeatable cowl animations.
• Fastened a problem the place NPCs would cease in doorways on Rostok.
• Fastened NPC’s strolling animation throughout stand in fight.
• Fastened a problem the place enemy NPCs didn’t react to flying bullets.
• Improved open world fight with Pseudogiant close to Deserted Science Campus at Prypiat.
• Fastened a problem the place an NPC with a closed helmet may eat, smoke and drink via the helmet.
• Fastened a problem the place animations of loss of life from an anomaly might be lacking for some mutants.
• Fastened a problem the place Lex Legend and his group couldn’t return to the search location after the tip of Emission.
• Fastened an issue that made it troublesome for rats to maneuver in slim locations.
• Fastened a problem the place Burer may snatch a quest weapon from the participant’s fingers.
• Fastened a problem the place NPC may begin looking for an enemy after warning gamers to cover weapons.
• Decreased spawn charge for Bloodsuckers earlier than the completion of the Behind Seven Seals mission.
• Fastened the difficulty when NPC can block a doorway within the Quiets camp after the fight.

With further 70+ points mounted.

Steadiness

• Bizarre Water arch-artifact anti-radiation impact was decreased
• Fastened challenge when a grenade may deal injury to Burer when the defend was energetic.
• Now NPCs want much less pictures to kill Pseudodog summon.
• Elevated frequency of Soar Assault for Blind Canine mutant.
• Rebalanced pistols and silencer attachments.
• Decreased spawn charge for NPCs in exoskeletons.
• Reconfigured the quantity of armor NPC are carrying. Elevated the prospect of spawning low and mid-tier armor, whereas the prospect for top-tier armor to spawn was decreased.
• Elevated injury from radiation relying on collected rad-points
• The prospect of spawning NPCs with excessive tier weaponry in early phases of the sport was decreased.
• Added capability to commerce with further NPCs at Hubs.
• Economic system tweaks for A Job for the Barkeep repeatable missions on Veteran problem.

And some extra minor steadiness tweaks had been made.

Optimization and crashes

• Fastened FPS drops throughout boss struggle with Faust.
• Fastened a problem with efficiency drop on closing PDA or Pause Menu.
• Barely improved efficiency by disabling navigation mesh rebuild properties for a number of objects.
• Fastened reminiscence leak associated to merchandise manipulation.
• Fastened over 100 EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION crashes and different errors, together with another minor reminiscence leaks.
• Fastened enter lag after enabling VSync with enabled FidelityFX Body Interpolation.
• Added Framerate lock throughout the pause menu, principal menu and loading screens.

And another optimization tweaks.

Underneath the Hood

• Participant’s flashlight now casts shadows on objects.
• Fastened the difficulty the place relationships with NPCs did not change.
• Modified names of some ammo varieties.
• Fastened the difficulty the place the title may unexpectedly freeze throughout the dialogues.
• Fastened the difficulty the place some quest logic could not begin after the NPCs loss of life.
• Improved transitions from cutscene to recreation.
• Fastened a generic challenge the place mission logic may break if Participant gave an merchandise to a NPC through dialogue choice.
• Fastened the difficulty the place the dialogue with NPC was closing after exit from the Commerce/Improve.
• Fastened a problem the place the Participant was teleported exterior the playable space.
• Added customized Purpose Help logic for invisible targets for all supported controllers.
• Fastened a problem the place save backups might be lacking after shedding recreation saves.
• Fastened NPC’s damaged animations whereas smoking.
• Fastened a problem the place NPC may teleport exterior the playable space of the map.
• Fastened achievement to sneakily clear the lair.
• Fastened the difficulty the place In Recreation saves grow to be corrupted after deleting native saves and unsuccessful cloud saves sync.
• Polished PDA fashions look in low gentle areas.

With over 100 different enhancements applied in each sections: Optimization & Crashes, and Underneath the Hood.

Story

Important Story Line

• Fastened a problem the place Col. Korshunov and/or Cpt. Zotov couldn’t spawn throughout the Wishful Considering mission.
• Fastened a bug that triggered the repute with Sultan bandits or Shevchenko stalkers to not improve after finishing the Three Captains mission.
• Fastened a problem that triggered Scar NPC to be hostile to the participant throughout the Visions of Reality mission.
• Fastened a problem that prevented gamers from a stealth walkthrough throughout the Shock Remedy mission on account of being recognized by NPCs immediately.
• Fastened a problem the place the ultimate dialogue with Gaffer couldn’t begin throughout the On the Edge mission.
• Fastened a problem the place goal Kill Dalin stays energetic after Korshunov kills Dalin throughout the Down Beneath mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Inductor may despawn if Skif goes too removed from it throughout the Sizzling on the Path mission.
• Fastened a bug that made the stage of killing monolithians not-optional throughout the The Everlasting Shining mission.
• Fastened a problem the place the participant Character was in a position to soar down the pod chamber after taking the elevator throughout stage Discover Cartridge with no risk to take the elevator again up throughout the Legends of the Zone mission.
• Fastened a problem the place the dialogue with Dr. Dalin and Col. Korshunov was looped throughout the Wishful Considering mission.
• Fastened a problem the place the participant couldn’t commerce with Wreck throughout the The Boundary mission.
• Fastened a problem the place the doorways to STC Malachite couldn’t open throughout the A Minor Incident mission.
• Fastened a number of points that would trigger NPCs to maneuver throughout the dialogue with the participant.
• Fastened a problem the place Spark squad didn’t assault wardens throughout the Visions of Reality mission.
• Fastened a problem the place goal Convey the Shah’s PDA to Varan might be marked as accomplished after buying and selling with Huron throughout the King of the Hill mission.
• Modified Chimera’s habits throughout the Advert astra per aspera mission, now it ought to retreat after shedding a specific amount of HP.
• Fastened a problem the place Ocheret ignored the battle between the participant and Ocheret’s squad.
• Fastened a problem the place A-life NPCs may spawn in Claw throughout the Useless Frequency mission.
• Modified positions of Ward guards close to the doorway to X18 lab throughout the Solutions Come at a Value mission.
• Fastened a problem the place the monolithians weren’t current exterior the Enerhetyk Palace of Tradition throughout the The Highway to the Basis mission.
• Fastened a problem the place the stage “Uncover the whereabouts of the escaped Wardens” of the Shock Remedy mission remained energetic after killing Beard.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant may lure Chimera right into a peaceable zone and make it non-hostile throughout The Highway to the Basis mission.
• Fastened a problem the place scientists consistently assault participant throughout Visions of Reality mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Noontiders wouldn’t grow to be hostile if a pleasant NPC was killed in entrance of them close to the doorway of Noontide base throughout the Sizzling on the Path mission.
• Fastened a problem the place phantoms had been spawned within the entrance of the participant throughout the Eye of the Storm mission.
• Fastened a problem with auto finishing Three Captains mission proper after taking it from Sonya Kalyna.
• Fastened a problem the place Gamers could not end Shift Change mission, in the event that they did not discuss to Jumper at WPS after killing Hog’s squad.
• Fastened a problem the place Zakhar Babay and Akopyan may find yourself useless or lacking with no capability to complete Deceive the Deceiver mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant was nonetheless in a position to ask Beard about lacking wardens after killing them in Shock Remedy mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Simply Just like the Good Previous Days mission wouldn’t progress if the Participant exited Shelter base through roof route.
• Fastened a problem the place Strider disappeared immediately after finishing Darkish Occasions mission close to Physician’s hut.
• Fastened a problem the place Discover a means into Prypiat goal wouldn’t end if the Participant reached Prypiat through shortcut throughout The Boundary mission.
• Fastened a problem with a lacking encounter mission at a checkpoint close to Icarus Camp.
• Fastened a problem the place Hosha Mohyla may one-shot Participant throughout Solutions Come at a Value mission.
• Decreased quantity of rats at Offloading Terminal throughout The Highway to the Basis mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Wet climate continued via the remainder of the sport after finishing The Boundary mission.
• Fastened a problem the place a number of stashes, markers, and journal targets weren’t accomplished/eliminated after finishing Budmo! mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Pomor may die throughout The Poppy Area mission.
• Fastened a problem the place aggressive Strider was current close to Physician’s home after a cutscene throughout An Act of Mercy mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Warden guards close to the fence had no response to Participant sneaking proper in entrance of them throughout Solutions Come at a Value mission.
• Prevented points the place corpses with necessary quest gadgets may get despawned throughout Bullseye and Shift Change missions.
• Fastened a problem the place Strider was useless/lacking at Ranger Station throughout the Excessive Simplicity mission.
• Fastened a problem the place psi-effect utilized on Participant wouldn’t disappear after finishing A Gentle within the Finish of the Tunnel mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Speak to Chornozem goal failed from the beginning and selecting up PDA from Chornozem’s corpse would not progress Solutions Come at a Value mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Darkish wouldn’t assist Participant to struggle the Pseudogiant which blocked development in Legends of the Zone mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant was not in a position to work together with Shcherba throughout Within the Identify of Science mission.
• Fastened a problem the place a cutscene with Scar on the Sawmill throughout Again to the Slag Heap mission wouldn’t begin correctly.
• Fastened a problem the place Skif may die from bleeding impact after bossfight cutscene with Korshunov in Down Beneath mission.
• Fastened a problem the place throughout the Strelok department of Down Beneath mission journal entry in PDA would have Ward department description as an alternative.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant was unable to offer Sultan his briefcase after killing ambushing stalkers too quick in The Mysterious Case mission.
• Fastened a problem the place mercenary squads wouldn’t spawn on the way in which again from Faust’s cell throughout Simply Just like the Good Previous Days mission.
• Fastened a problem the place elective journal targets to struggle off Ward/Spark stay energetic if one aspect dies on account of emission throughout Excessive Simplicity mission.
• Fastened the difficulty of caught Dr. Kryvenko throughout the A Lengthy Overdue Go to mission.
• Eliminated the flexibility to make use of information throughout the The Boundary mission whereas assault goes.
• Fastened the difficulty the place Richter is absent or useless throughout the To the Final Drop of Blood, A Minor Incident, The Boundary missions.
• Fastened the difficulty the place some phrases had been lacking throughout the On the Edge mission within the ultimate dialogue.
• Fastened the difficulty the place Dalin might be caught at one place throughout the Visions of Reality mission.
• Fastened the difficulty the place Goal “Return to Gaffer” is inconceivable to finish throughout the On the Edge mission.
• Fastened the difficulty with infinite reward from Gaffer throughout the On the Edge mission.
• Fastened the difficulty the place NPCs had been blocking the doorway throughout the On the Edge mission.
• Fastened the difficulty when Gaffer may exit the constructing and begin combating throughout the On the Edge mission.
• Fastened the difficulty the place a number of Warlock NPCs might be current within the clubhouse throughout the On the Edge mission.
• Fastened the difficulty the place some Monolithian NPCs weren’t attacking the participant throughout the An Act of Mercy mission.
• Fastened the difficulty the place Dalin did not examine Ozerskiy`s physique throughout the Visions of Reality mission.
• Fastened the logic of radio messages from Scar after the Bossfight with Faust.
• Fastened a problem the place infinite psi-effect was utilized to Participant after finishing A Gentle within the Finish of the Tunnel mission.
• Fastened a problem the place monolith troops did not spawn after activating substation throughout the Happiness for Everybody mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Sgt. Metlov was lacking in a spot of Diode throughout the Again to the Slag Heap mission.
• FIxed a problem the place Skipper’s mercenaries squad did not assault Participant on returning Emitter to Lodochka throughout Simply Just like the Good Previous Days mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Scherba was lacking at Dvupalov’s workplace throughout emission in In Search of Previous Glory mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant was unable to progress throughout Harmful Liaisons mission if decoder was bought.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant was unable to work together with Dvupalov to offer suppressor’s blueprint throughout In Search of Previous Glory mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant may get softlocked throughout the Harmful Liaisons mission.
• Fastened a problem the place mercenaries squad close to Mind Scorcher spawned proper in entrance of Participant after accepting a collar accumulating mission from Shcherba.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant was in a position to get caught behind two NPCs in Zalissya’s shelter throughout A Race in opposition to Loss of life mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant was unable to begin dialogue with Dvupalov or Scherba to return suppressor throughout In Search of Previous Glory mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Dr. Kaymanov and Strider may disappear throughout An Act of Mercy mission.
• Fastened a problem the place the target “Battle off the Monolith assault” was getting caught throughout The Boundary mission.
• Fastened a problem the place A Huge Rating and Deceive the Deceiver missions had been in a position to begin twice and have contradicting targets.
• Fastened a problem the place Prof. Lodochka was not interactable at poisonous waste storage throughout the Sizzling on the Path mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Bandits had been beginning to struggle at Slag Heap if Participant escorted Zakhar Babay after emission in Deceive the Deceiver mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Take the devices to Mykolayich goal failed after speaking to Gaffer in On the Edge mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Ricochet died in Zalissya’s home after the second monolith wave throughout On the Edge mission.
• Fastened a problem the place the target to finish the request with out killing the Monolithians failed after hitting monolithians throughout An Act of Mercy mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Monolith troopers had been in a position to spawn in entrance of Participant throughout Visions of Reality mission.
• Fastened the difficulty the place pleasant NPCs might be caught at one place throughout the The Assault on the Duga mission.
• Fastened that mercenary NPC had been spawned in inaccessible areas throughout the Legends of the Zone mission.
• Fastened a problem the place some zombies had been in a position to get caught in an idle state throughout bossfight with Scar.
• Improved AI behaviour of Korshunov throughout bossfight with him.
• Improved Korshunov’s defend throughout the bossfight with him.
• Elevated Korshunov’s armor throughout bossfight.
• Tweaked Col. Korshunov well being factors throughout bossfight in Down Beneath mission.
• Improved Scar’s aiming behaviour throughout bossfight with him.
• Fastened a problem the place Strelok was in a position to sprint exterior the playable space of the sector, blocking bossfight with him throughout The Everlasting Shining mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Faust’s clones might be clear throughout a bossfight if the Object Particulars graphic choice is about to low.
• Fastened a problem the place the stage “Speak to Korshunov” may caught when participant returns to Korshunov through elevator throughout the Visions of Reality mission.
• Fastened a problem the place searching couldn’t progress after interacting with Borodulin whereas he’s transferring to the searching spot.
• Fastened a problem the place Strider may block the doorway to the warehouse throughout the Sizzling on the Path mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Scar might be lacking at Rostok Depot throughout the Take the Emitter to Scar stage of Simply Just like the Good Previous Days mission.
• Fastened a problem the place the monolithians couldn’t spawn when the participant escaped X-5 lab throughout the In Search of Previous Glory mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Korshunov may caught throughout the bossfight.

Total, over 300+ quest points had been addressed throughout the Important Story.

Aspect Missions and Encounters

• Fastened a problem the place the participant may use the information’s providers free of charge.
• Fastened a problem the place NPCs from automotive rip-off encounters turned hostile after the Participant ran away and got here again to them.
• Fastened a problem when a participant was unable to take Simply Enterprise mission from Carl Clinch if he was beforehand healed throughout the Emission.
• Fastened a problem the place NPCs may teleport throughout dialogue after fight in encounter at Wild Territory.
• Improved Rodents’ spawn in open-world encounters close to Rostok.
• Fastened a problem the place relationships with the Scientists’ faction had been spoiled after finishing Black Sheep aspect mission.
• Added new notes within the open world and hubs.
• Fastened inconsistencies in rewards for repeatable missions.
• Fastened a problem the place no journey choices had been accessible in dialogue with the information at Midday base.
• Fastened narrative inconsistencies for loudspeaker bulletins at Skadovsk.
• Fastened narrative inconsistencies with accessible encounter missions after the Monolith comeback.
• Fastened a problem the place Spark department particular encounter mission was in a position to begin after finishing In Search of Previous Glory mission on Ward department.
• Elevated loot worth for stash close to Bloodsucker village within the Industrial Zone area.
• Fastened a problem the place repeatable missions may get caught within the Journal tab, stopping different repeatable quests from showing in dialogues with distributors.
• Fastened a problem the place Malachite Hub may get locked for Gamers on Spark Department after finishing Visions of Reality mission.
• Degree Design enhancements in encounters close to Rookie Village.
• Fastened a problem the place Participant was unable to begin a dialog with Zhenya Hulk throughout The Key to Freedom mission close to Fish Farm, if the door to captives room was opened throughout fight.
• Fastened a problem with lacking Kostya Dry’s useless physique after the participant runs away and comes again to his commentary level throughout an encounter close to Duga.
• Fastened a problem the place Pseudodog could not spawn its Phantoms throughout Enviornment: Spherical Two mission.
• Fastened a problem when Participant may loot armor and helmets from useless NPCs throughout The Key to Freedom mission.
• Fastened the difficulty the place gamers might be caught contained in the constructing after the quick journey to Malachite with a information.
• Fastened the difficulty the place guides at Yaniv station had been lacking after the participant already received to Pripyat.
• Fastened receiving a number of shotgun rounds throughout the The Freedom Colosseum mission.
• Fastened the difficulty when the NPC was not going to seek for the participant character throughout the struggle at Enviornment.
• Fastened a problem the place doorways to STC Malachite had been closed on reaching it throughout A Minor Incident mission.
• Fastened a problem the place peaceable NPCs remained in STC Malachite throughout the struggle in Visions of the Reality mission (Spark department).
• Fastened a problem the place the voiceover line for Skif’s phrase did not play in dialogues with information NPCs.
• Fastened a problem the place two teams of bandits didn’t begin fight within the encounter between Toxic Gap and Commissary Retailer areas.

With further 130+ “anomalies” being found and neutralized.

The Zone

Interactable Objects and Zone Expertise

• Degree design enhancements for interactive doorways at Wild Territory, Rostok.
• Degree artwork polish for destructible medical packing containers.
• Added lacking icon of broken state for weapon looted from NPCs.
• Fastened a problem the place arch-artifacts had been in a position to spawn once more, after Participant’s rank is up to date.
• Rebalanced loot for stash close to Hydrodynamics Lab.
• Fastened a problem with some artifacts fashions being overexposed.
• Fastened a problem the place Burner anomalies had been in a position to injury a Participant in discharged state.
• Fastened a problem the place Bizarre Kettle archartifact utilized a everlasting PSI impact on the Participant as an alternative of momentary.
• Fastened that useless our bodies may keep in A-pose for a number of seconds throughout Wishful Considering mission.
• Fastened that the primary destructible wooden plank all the time destroys with out results.
• Fastened the difficulty the place the door to the tunnel of the Purple Fortress was closing after utilizing a key throughout Simply Enterprise mission.
• Fastened a problem the place faux psi artifacts did not disappear after save/load.
• Improved strafing soar mechanics for artifacts.
• Fastened a problem the place the Vortex anomaly may injury the participant on the Yaniv Station territory.

Plus a further 30+ points had been noticed and handled.

Participant Gear and Participant State

• Fastened a problem the place character’s fingers are misplaced after transferring the character by expulsion anomaly throughout inspecting artifacts.
• Fastened availability to unlock locked doorways with grenades.
• Fastened the consumption of grenades when switching to the weapon instantly after throw.
• Fastened grenade disappearing when throwing it at one’s ft.
• Added parkour animation from crouch state.
• Fastened receiving of the injury from razor anomaly when already out of it.
• Added NPC’s loss of life animations from anomalies.
• Fastened a problem when auto lean and weapon up strikes had been triggered by small bushes and bushes.
• Fastened a problem when the character was not all the time performing auto lean strikes over obstacles.
• Improved NPC footsteps sync.
• Fastened a problem with modified motion keybindings that blocked participant from climbing the ladder.
• Fastened a problem when psy impact was not eliminated after leaving the psy injury space.
• Fastened a problem the place the Participant was in a position to grow to be unkillable throughout gameplay.
• Fastened a problem the place dropped NPC corpses may clip with surrounding objects.
• Fastened availability to skip reload animation.
• Added cancel for reload animation of the weapons with under-barrel launcher attachments.
• Adjusted acceleration of the participant after sprinting from a standstill.
• Fastened a problem the place phantoms may kill common NPCs with a grenade.
• Decreased quantity of artifact slots accessible by default for X7 go well with.
• Fastened a problem with place of improve slots on Bulwark Exosuit being combined up.
• Fastened inconsistencies in PA-7 Gasoline Masks improve tree.
• Rebalanced accessible upgrades for PSZ-5D Common Safety armor go well with.

With further 50+ bugs gotten rid of.

Participant Steerage and Recreation Settings

• Fastened map tooltips not containing area descriptions.
• Fastened map zoom from gamepad.
• Fastened the presence of a dimming impact within the stock and merchandise selector.
• Fastened a problem the place in some circumstances technicians didn’t present already put in upgrades.
• Fastened points with ammo counter visibility on HUD.
• Fastened that the firing mode of the below barrel grenade launcher is just not displayed within the stock.
• Fastened there was no notification on HUD about discovering new stashes areas.
• Fastened a problem the place, in sure situations, gamers couldn’t drag and drop gadgets into loot or stash home windows with a gamepad.
• Fastened that caliber on the HUD doesn’t change after upgrading weapon caliber with a technician.
• Fastened an issue the place the participant couldn’t skip a cutscene with gamepad with correct key if subtitles had been off.
• Fastened that “Monitor” standing is current for accomplished missions within the Accomplished tab of Journal.
• Fastened incorrect show of the time and equalizer in audiolog.
• Fastened the lacking mouse cursor within the attachment selector when shotgun geared up.
• Fastened a problem with not working controls for MSI Claw A1M.
• Built-in Razer Chroma Illumination results for supported units.
• Built-in haptic Razer Sensa results for supported units.
• Added key binding choices for Journal and Notes. Modified default key bindings for leaning left and proper.
• Fastened a problem the place the brand new grenade/bolt throw keybinds weren’t working.
• Fastened lacking flashlight button in key bindings.
• Fastened a problem the place the Speaker Identify UI dimension did not change when altering the dimensions of subtitles.
• Fastened that the mission stage about founding shelter doesn’t end when the participant enters shelter throughout emission.
• Added hearth mode change animation when merchandise selector is open.
• Fastened shedding enter when enemy shoots participant whereas he’s within the stock.
• Elevated the period of the “Level of no return” message.
• Improved UX within the improve menu.
• Fastened a problem the place the ammo counter for grenades was not displayed.

And different 120+ fixes had been made.

Areas and Places

• Fastened a number of points the place the participant may get caught in X-17 Lab.
• Fastened the difficulty the place gamers might be Comfortable locked on the Cooling Tower’s location.
• Fastened that it was attainable for NPCs to achieve a burning tank at Sphere location and die in it.
• Teleport anomalies had been added in Previous Barge and Fishing Hamlet areas.
• Fastened a problem when a shelter mark appeared on an inaccessible constructing if emission was began within the Purple Forest space.
• Eliminated a number of invalid artifact spawners and anomalies
• Fastened points with the climate system after leaving Pripyat area.
• Beautification/visible enhancements to a number of areas and areas.
• Degree design, and terrain enhancements for a number of areas and areas.
• Adjusted the foliage placement in a number of areas
• Lighting enhancements for a number of areas.
• Tweaked collision for a number of objects in a number of areas.
• Fastened that foliage showing was noticeable after loading save.
• Fastened a problem the place the participant may go away the playable space between Cordon and Zaton area.
• Fastened a problem when Monolithians had been spawned within the protected zone in Zalissya.
• Adjusted positions of anomalies on the Waste Processing Station location.
• Fastened the load on distance of some targets across the map.
• Up to date the stashes stock across the Cordon area.
• Added artifact spawn in electrofield at Datacenter of SIIRCA.
• Fastened a problem the place geese sound results had been lacking.
• Polished glass and stucco supplies within the open-world.

Total, over 450+ enhancements had been made on this part.

Audio, cutscenes, and VO

Cutscenes

• Fastened a problem when each elevator buttons had been interactable throughout coming into the cutscene with Korshunov in The Final Step mission.
• Fastened a problem the place Agatha’s mannequin disappeared when dialogue choices had been displayed in a cutscene throughout Wishful Considering mission.
• Fastened a problem when no movies had been enjoying at screenwall shows throughout Harmful Liaisons mission for PC Microsoft Retailer gamers.
• Fastened a problem with lacking haptic suggestions in a number of cutscenes
• Fastened a problem with disappearing hair with totally different NPCs in a number of cutscenes

And another stuff was mounted.

Voiceover and Localization

• Improved facial animations for idle NPCs.
• Up to date NPC animations within the a number of dialogs.
• Improved facial animations for a number of necessary story NPCs.
• Fastened EN voiceover enjoying for UA localization throughout automotive rip-off encounter at Buryakivka.
• Fastened voiceover desync challenge throughout dialogue with Richter in The Boundary mission.
• Fastened mismatch in subtitles and VO throughout first dialogue with Strider in Sizzling on the Path mission.
• Minor repair of Serbian localization in dialog phrase.
• Minor fixes to a number of localizations

With over 25+ different points being addressed.

Sound and Music

• Reworked sound results of Carousel anomaly.
• Fastened a problem the place Clicker Anomaly was inaudible at shut distance.
• Modified the sound of receiving injury from some anomalies to higher replicate the sort of injury obtained.
• Fastened a problem the place Poltergeist sounds would play after loading a save that was made after the participant killed him throughout the There and Again Once more mission.
• Reworked sound results for opening weapon selector menu.
• Fastened a problem the place mutants had been too loud at lengthy distances.
• Reworked sound results for opening weapon selector menu.
• Minor audio enchancment for weapon sounds occlusion.
• Improved audio setting in 10+ areas and areas.
• Fastened challenge when Area/Location music may disappear when Participant moved between totally different Area/Location
• Fastened challenge when fight music may finish and begin instantly throughout the identical struggle
• Fastened a problem the place Rostok Area Music may disappear after loading a save.
• Created a brand new evening music theme for Zalissya.
• Added lacking music to discball visible anomaly.
• Fastened a problem with disappearing ambient sound at The Poppy Area after loading savefile.
• Fastened a problem the place lightnings and visible anomalies had been lacking sound results.
• Added audio for grenades underwater.
• Fastened a problem when sound of essential injury was not performed when the participant was dealing essential hits.
• Fastened duplicated footsteps sound when holding the detector.
• Added totally different sounds for the bolt relying on the floor.
• Improved sound of mutants whereas the participant is affected by psy.
• Added sounds for actions in Upgrades and Journal tabs in PDA.
• Added sound for exiting to the primary menu.
• Fastened the sound of strolling over the wood sleepers.

And another minor enhancements.

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